Hospital Saint Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain

  • Scientific director of the Oncology and hematology area at SJD Barcelona Children’s Hospital, and director of the developmental tumors laboratory at the same hospital.

Dr. Jaume is a member of different national and international scientific societies, including the International Paediatric Oncology Society, which has awarded me the Schweisguth Prize, and the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), which in 2000 honoured me with the young investigator award (YIA), as well as the Career Development Award (CDA). In 2011, I was the recipient of the annual BBVA Foundation Award and in 2006 of the First Prize of the Spanish Association against Cancer (AECC) award for the study of child cancer.

EDUCATION

  • PhD in Medicine Faculty of Medicine. Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), 2003.
  • Pediatrics specialist, Hospital Vall d’Hebron, 1995.
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Medicine and Surgery, Faculty of Medicine. University of Barcelona, 1990.

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Molecular Pathology of Paediatric Tumor Fellowship, New York, USA. 1999-2001.
  • The New York Hospital Cornell University and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Combined Fellowship Programs (peds Hem/Onc), New York, USA. 1996-1999.

SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY

  • Coordinator of the Developmental Cancer research area.
  • Author of over 75 peer-reviewed articles in his specialty and 6 book chapters in national and international publications.

Reviewer of the journals: Cancer, Laboratory Investigation, Oncogene, Paediatric Blood & Cancer, British Journal of Cancer, Molecular Cancer, Paediatrics, International Journal of Cancer, Chemotherapy and Future Oncology.

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